Tuesday, 27 January 2015

All I want is an adventure like this - endless days exploring forest lakes and lonely beaches. Where time constraints don't exist and neither do hair straighteners. Wet hair simply air dried by the breeze and your skin washed clean with the salt and sand.

Perhaps this For Love and Lemons lookbook captured my summer longing for road trips. Or maybe I'm just sucked into their Spring 2015 collection. Honestly I too want to jump into rock pools with sheer mesh clinging to legs. They do the appliqué and sheer-cross-lace placement so well - as if it's light enough to float.

P.S. Our apologies on the lack of outfit posts, we will be shooting soon but we've been quite busy filming our YouTube style videos. You know how it is: new year, new projects.

Sunday, 18 January 2015

We’re in the midst of yet another Australian summer - where
the sun’s rays have tinged our skin golden, where the beach serves as the
ultimate day-off retreat, and where matte black shades and SPF 50+ are absolute
must-haves. For many mere mortals, summer bares images of bikinis and board
shorts, crystal blue waters and sweet tropical fruit.

But as I’ve come to notice, from those cool kids walking
down Bondi promenade, to my very own go-to summer outfits, all black looks - or
anti-summer dressing (as I love to call it) - is a growing trend. One
must simply look at Solestruck’s Summer Lookbook to see that this trend is all
the rebelliousness rage it claims to be. And boy does it look good, almost Tim
Burton-esque.

Titled ‘Goths in Hot Weather’, I found the lookbook
possesses an enigmatic beauty about this nonconformist way of summer
dressing. Maybe it’s the ‘stick it to the man/I couldn't care less’
attitude you seemingly adopt wearing something all black. Or perhaps the timelessness
of the outfit by this simple choice in colour. Regardless of what it is,
anti-summer outfits have already, and will continue, to dictate how I dress
this summer.

PS. Sharon and I have recently started our very own YouTube
channel, at Primped and Primed, and we would really love it if you could have a
look around and let us know what you think. It even features anti-summer looks.

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Although I'm not one who aches for winter during Australia's balmy summers, this Three Floor campaign is an exception. Think of it as edgy and futuristic party separates that's a little different to the usual crop top, tight skirt combo (Kardashian much?).

Metallic against sequins, sheer opposed to gauze mesh, delicate lace with brocade: this contrast in textures is what Three Floor does so well. Keeping this drop mysterious yet fresh are the aquatic hues and rich jewel tones to complement the mishmash of materials.